Some follow-up or closure for those hapless ones of the site (including myself) who could not attend would be nice. A description, maybe a few anecdotes, then some anti-dotes to the anecdotes would be nice. And the speeches, the biggest thing that everyone walked away with. Or not. SOMETHING fer cryin' out loud.

Some follow-up or closure for those hapless ones of the site (including myself) who could not attend would be nice. A description, maybe a few anecdotes, then some anti-dotes to the anecdotes would be nice. And the speeches, the biggest thing that everyone walked away with. Or not. SOMETHING fer cryin' out loud.

Yes, this has always been a problem with the Philosophy NowFestival - it isn't very inclusive of those living outside the London area! We're working on that. We do have a bit of a step forward this year: my colleague Bora managed to live-steam several of the sessions straight to the Philosophy Now website, so they could be seen from anywhere, in real time. Because this was experimental, we didn't do much to announce this in advance. But next time, we'll let everyone know in plenty of time.

Meanwhile, I'm happy to say that the four events at the Festival that were live-streamed are now in the videos section of the website. The sound quality is a bit ropey in places, but in other places is not bad:

Thanks for your response, Rick Lewis! I hadn't expected that, being a septic skeptic resigned to rejection from all directions.

I'll watch the videos some other time, if my time and interests permit. The balloon debate sounds promising as a fun watch, as well as the interview with Zizek.

I may even make it to the Festival next year, if in the future you give us some more notice than five hours ahead of time. You see, airplane tickets are cheaper if bought way, even months, ahead of time. I am on a shoe-string budget, so every penny saved counts.